Taped the MSDN ".NET Show" on Friday

Chris Kinsman and I taped an episode of the .NET Show on applications architecture with .NET. We did the show with Ed Jerzierski (of PAG) and Mike Burner (of the Platform Strategy Group), and it should be out in May. Lots of stuff to talk about: the architecture community portal I announced last week, new patterns and stuff coming from PAG, and what we learned from our first on-campus architecture event in March and how we're updating things for our next event (now called the "Guided Design .Summit: Architecture and Design for .NET").

Ironically, the coolest architecture stuff we talked about that day (but didn't get taped) were all the architecture blueprints on the walls of MSStudio (in building 127, same as the company store and museum). There were drawings for the Addams Family, the "Richard and Laura Petrie" residence, Bruce Wayne's mansion, Gilligan's Island, and a bunch more. Talk about a "way back" machine!

Another interesting experience was the makup. Turns out my color is "suntan", at least in the line of professional cosmetics they use. Of course, I live here in the PNW so I think it's more a reflection of something I need, rather than have. And the makeup girl darkened my eyebrows, patted my hair a bit (I'd just gotten a haircut that morning), and put on what seemed like a bunch color around my eyes.

Robert Hess was, as always, the host. In fact, this was his 33rd show. Someone joked that he'd been on longer than "Friends"! Anyway, Robert is Scoble's new boss starting (I think) next week, so maybe we'll see Robert on there at some point.